The higher you go up the corporate ladder, your technical skills become less important and your social skills become more important. That requires face-to-face interactive conversations and presentations to various interested and influential parties. When the connecting process gets to the "D" stage, stop talking.

Getting promoted at works increases your responsibility, power and ability to grow as a leader. That’s why you need to build up a team of allies to help you gain promotion. Here are three specific allies you need to develop: Your Manager. Look for opportunities to do favors and treat these people well. Your Peers. MORE >>

What do you need to excel at a skill? Too many people believe that to excel at a skill, they need to make revolutionary changes in the way they think, feel and behave. To excel at a skill, you need to make a small change but on consistent basis. Small is easy to start. Any skill? MORE >>

If you’re looking to buy them for your team, CEO Reads offers some great quantity discounts, and we would be happy to customize with a personalized template. What does it mean to Win Well? Where the other three manager types tend to focus on short-term goals, managers who win well have a longer time horizon. MORE >>

Charles Dickens said it best in his novel Dombey and Son : “…vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!” To understand the vice , and address it, we must examine the virtue first. Eagle: Dominant to Domineering Eagles are impossible not to spot. The Dove finds self-worth in service to others – a virtue, no doubt. MORE >>

There is much to be said about leadership, and there is no shortage of descriptive words one uses when talking about leaders – influential, dedicated, globally thinking, focused, etc. – but how often do we describe leaders as creative? It’s difficult to find the perfect balance between creativity and leadership. Not Listening. MORE >>